------------------------------------------------------------------- APNIC Document identity Title: APNIC Fee Schedule: Membership Tiers, Fees, and Descriptions Short title: member-fee-schedule Document ref: apnic-081 Version: 011 Date of original publication: 1 December 2001 Date of this version: 19 March 2007 Review scheduled: n/a Obsoletes: Previous versions Status: Obsolete Comments: n/a -------------------------------------------------------------------- APNIC Fee Schedule: Membership Tiers, Fees, and Descriptions 1 Membership tiers --------------------- APNIC membership is available in seven tiers: Associate, Very Small, Small, Medium, Large, Very Large, and Extra Large. All members have equal access to core services of APNIC, but a member's tier affects certain of the benefits due to them (including voting rights) and also the annual membership fee which must be paid. Each member's tier is determined by the total address space allocations held by them, as described below. 1.1 Membership benefits All APNIC members have equal access to the following benefits of membership: * entitlement to vote at APNIC Member Meetings, according to membership tier; * participation through APNIC activities in a regional community of interest involved in IP addressing and related matters; * free or discounted access to training, education, and information services; * free or discounted access to APNIC meetings and associated conferences; * representation of their interests in regional and global policy development; and * access to APNIC's resource allocation, registration, and database services. 1.2 Voting rights APNIC members are entitled to vote at APNIC Member Meetings, according to their membership tier as follows: Membership tier Number of votes --------------- --------------- Associate 1 Very Small 2 Small 4 Medium 8 Large 16 Very Large 32 Extra Large 64 2 Tier determination ------------------------ A member's minimum membership tier is determined by the amount of current address space that member holds. Historical address space and experimental allocations are not counted when determining membership tier. Members may choose to join a higher membership tier but may not attempt to select a lower tier than the one determined by address resource holdings. 2.1 IPv4 address space For IPv4 address space, the membership tier is assessed as follows: Membership tier IPv4 prefix --------------- ----------- Associate none Very Small up to and including /22 Small up to and including /19 Medium up to and including /16 Large up to and including /13 Very Large up to and including /10 Extra Large >/10 2.2 IPv6 address space For IPv6 address space, the membership tier is assessed as follows: Membership tier IPv6 prefix --------------- --------------- Associate none Very Small n/a Small Up to and including /35 Medium Greater than /35, up to /32 Large Greater than /32, up to /29 Very Large Greater than /29 Extra Large n/a 2.3 IPv4 and IPv6 For members holding both IPv4 and IPv6 address space, the membership tier is assessed separately for each type, as above. The member's effective membership tier is then assessed as the larger of these. 3 Fees --------- 3.1 Annual membership fees At the time of invoicing for annual membership fees, the membership tier is assessed as described in section 2 above. The membership tier then determines the annual membership fee, as follows. Membership tier Fee (US$) --------------- --------- Associate $625 Very Small $1,250 Small $2,500 Medium $5,000 Large $10,000 Very Large $20,000 Extra Large $40,000 3.2 IP resource application fee Members requesting IP address space for the first time will be required to pay an IP resource application fee of US$2,500. The following services are exempt from the IP resource application fee: * Critical infrastructure assignments * Experimental allocations * IXP assignments * AS numbers * Historical resource transfers 3.3 Per-address fee for NIR and confederation members In addition to annual membership fees, APNIC NIR (National Internet Registry) and confederation members are required to pay per-address fees for certain allocations made to them. The per-address fee payable for allocations of IPv4 and IPv6 address space, is documented below. 3.3.1 Per-address fee The per-address fee is determined by the membership tier of the member, as follows: Membership tier Per-address fee (US$) --------------- --------------------- Associate n/a Very Small n/a Small $0.16 Medium $0.11 Large $0.06 Very Large $0.03 Extra Large $0.02 In the case of small allocations or assignments, the minimum per-address fee which is payable will correspond to the fee payable for the "minimum allocation". This is further explained in sections 3.3.2 and 3.3.3 below. 3.3.2 IPv4 address space For an allocation of IPv4 address space, the total per- address fee is calculated according to the total number of addresses actually allocated. For example, the total fee payable for an allocation of /17 to a Very Large member is calculated as: 32768 x $0.03 = $983.04 In the case of an allocation which includes a previously allocated block of addresses, only the addresses additionally allocated are included in the total fee calculation. The minimum per-address fee payable for any allocation or assignment of IPv4 address space is equal to the fee payable for a /21 allocation (2048 addresses). 3.3.3 IPv6 address space For an allocation of IPv6 address space, the total per- address fee is calculated for the prefix allocated according to the number of addresses which should be utilised according to the current HD-Ratio requirement. For more information about the calculation of the HD-Ratio, please see APNIC-089, "IPv6 address allocation and assignment policy". The following table provides utilisation information for selected prefixes from /32 to /29, for an HD-Ratio value of 0.94: Membership tier Total /48s Utilisation --------------- ---------- ----------- /32 65536 33689 /31 131072 64634 /30 262144 124002 /29 524288 237901 For example, the total per-address fee payable for an allocation of /30 to a Very Large member is calculated as: 124,002 x $0.03 = $3720.06 In the case of an allocation which includes a previously allocated block of addresses, the total fee calculation is based on the difference in the number of addresses utilised between the previous allocation and the new allocation. For example, the total per-address fee payable for an allocation of /30 including previous /32 allocation to a "Very Large" member is calculated as: (124,002 - 33,689) x $ 0.03 = $ 2709.39 Note: The number of /48s for /32 under HD ratio 0.94: 33,689 The number of /48s for /30 under HD ratio 0.94: 124,002 The minimum per-address fee payable for any allocation or assignment of IPv6 address space is equal to the fee payable for a /32 allocation (33,689 utilised addresses). 3.3.4 IPv6 special conditions For NIR members, the IPv6 per address fee is discounted by 90% for allocations of IPv6 address space to existing IPv4 infrastructure. For ISP confederation members, a single pool of IPv6 address space must be maintained, and per address fees are therefore not payable for IPv6 allocations. 3.4 Membership reactivation fee An organisation whose APNIC membership has been terminated for non-payment of membership fees may be returned to good standing by payment of a "membership reactivation fee" of US$ 1,000, in addition to any outstanding unpaid fees. This option is available for a limited period of three months after membership termination, after which time recovered resources are subject to reallocation. An organisation which does not opt for reactivation of their membership by this means, but wishes to continue using APNIC resources, will need to open a new membership and reapply for all resources required. In this case network renumbering will be necessary.